After he was acquired from the Thrashers in the deal that sent Blake Wheeler and Mark Stuart to Atlanta, Valabik skated in just 10 games for the Bruins’ Providence (AHL) farm club. He recorded two assists and a minus-1 rating before a leg injury ended his season.

In the Providence game I saw him play he had two speeds-slow and really slow. He is one of those players where I have doubts he will ever really crack an NHL line up and if he does he probably won’t receive a regular roster spot.